Clip for fountain-pen caps or the like



D. J. LA FRANCE AND W. P. DE WITT.

CLIP FOR FOUNTAlN PEN CAPS OR THE LIKE. I

- APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I3. 1918.

' Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

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2 any fountain pen UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID 3'. LA FRANCE, OF CAMBRIDGE, AND WILLIAM P. DE WITT, 0F SOMERVILI'E, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNORS, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO HEWITT-LA FRANCE CO., A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

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Specification of Letters I'atent.

Application filed September 18 1918. Serial 1W0. 258,858.

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To all whom it may comemr Be it known that we, DAVID LA FRANCE and WILLIAM P. DE WITT, citizens of the United States, residing at Cambridge and Somerville, respectively, inthe county of Middlesex and State of'Ma-ssachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clips for Fountain-Pen. Caps or the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in clips for fountain pen caps or the like and has for its object to provide a s1mple,-1nexpensive clip-which is readily adaptable to be easily and guickly detached from said cap and applie to another without injury to the clip and without necessitating the use of rivets, fasteners or the like.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement'of parts set forth in the following specification and particularly polnted tion shown in connection therewith.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1, illustrating the clip in its normal position.

Fig. 4 is a section similar to Fig. 3 illustrating the cap and clip as being applied to the edge of a pocket.

Fig. 5 is a detail clip, and

ig. 6 is a transverse section. taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

Like numerals refer to like arts throughfront elevation of the out the several views of the rawings.

In the. drawings, 1 indicates a fountain pencap of the usual .well knownconstruction, said cap having a slot 2 extending lontudinally' of one side thereof, said slot eing preferably rectangular in shape and extending entirelythrough the side of the cap.

A clip 3 preferably constructedof sheet" metal has one end thereof constructed and arranged to normall engage the outer side of the cap 1 at 4. e opposite end of said clip is preferably made rectangular, as at cap and which may also and s'ecuredto the inner side of the rectan- Patented Aug. 24,1920.

gular portion 5 is a spring 6. Any appro- U pria'te means may be employed for securing th s spring 6 to said clip, but the preferable method of accomplishing this result is to turn portions of the metal constituting 11, 11, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, to overlap said spring and thus clamp the same within the ocket 10. 1 T e spring 6 is substantially lon r than the portion of said clip forming sai pocket and is adapted to extend through the slot 2 in said cap, the extremity 12 of said spring being arranged to engage the inner portion of said cap in opposed relation to the portion 4 of said clip, which engages the exterior of the cap, and yieldingly and pivotally maintains said clip in its operative position. To facilitate the pivotal movements of said clip the rectangular portion '5 thereof, which is substantially thickened by the flange 7, is arranged to protrude from the slot 2 slightly beyond the outer face of said cap and thus provide a finger piece for operatingsaid clip. The ortion 5 of the clip adjacent to the end 13 0 said slot is slightly arched at 13 for the purpose of reinforcin said clip and the opposite edges of sai arched 'portion rest upon said end 13 and constitute a fulcrum forthe clip. -Upon the depression of the rectangular portion of said clip the spring 6 will be deflected, permitting said clip to be rocked about the portion 13 of said slot as a fulcrum, thereb causing the end 4 to be moved outward y with respect to the side of the cap a distance sufficient to permit the insertion of the ed e 14 of the pocketof a coat, as illustrated 1n Fig. 4.

' he clip 3 is bent outwardly at 15 to provide clearance for the ed of said pocket whenpressure is remove from the end 5 and the end 4 of said clip is moved toward its normal position against the cap and into engagement with the portion of the cloth of the garment forming said pocket,

' said clip any longitudinal movement thereof will be prevented in one direction by the end 16 of the rectangular portion 5 engaging the correspondin end of the slot 2 and any movement of said clip in the opposite direction will be prevented by the cooperating action of the spring 6 and the adjacent portion of the clip which form a V at 17 l and engage the material at the end 13 of said cap. Sidewise movement or displacement of the clip relatively to the cap will be prevented owing to the fact that the side 7 portions 8, 8 of the flange 7 are constantly in engagement with the corresponding sides of said slot 2/ As hereinbefore stated, the clip is capable of being quickly removed fromone cap and applied to another without necessitating the use of rivets or fasteners of any kind, and to accomplish the removal of sald clip pres sure must be applied to the inner face of the rectangular portion adjacent to the end 16 thereof until said end is projected from the slot far enough to clear the end of said slot, whereupon pressure applied to the end 4 in the direction of said rectangular end will result in the withdrawal of the extremity 12 of the spring 6 from the interior of said cap.

In applying the clip to the cap after'the slot 2 has been formed therein the clip is laid against the side of saidcap with the extremity 12 of said spring substantially alining with the end 13 of said slot. The extremity 12 of said spring is then pressed through said slot sufiiciently to clear the end 13 thereof and upon applying pressure to the clip in the direction of the end 4 thereof the rectangular portion 5 will snap into position within the slot 2 until the fulcrum point 13' of said clip en ages the end 13 of said slot, in which positi 11 said clip will be maintained by the spring 6.

- Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire by Letters Patent to secureisi 1. The combination, with a cap havin a slot formed in the side thereof, of a c ip adapted atone end to engage the side of said cap, the opposite end of said cli constructed and arranged to. substantia y fit said slot, and yielding means cooperating with said cap and clip and adapted to maintain said clip in operative enga'gementwith said ca and also adapted to normally pre-- vent said clip from becoming detached from Y said cap.

2. The combination, with a cap havingva adapted at one end to engage the side of 'said cap, the opposite end of said clip con- 'structed and arranged to substantially fit said slot, and a spring coiiperating with said cap and clip and adapted to maintain said clip in operative engagement with said capand also adapted to normally prevent said *clip from becoming detached from said cap.

slot adapted to yieldingly engage the interior of said cap and maintain said clip in operative engagement with said cap and also coiiperating with said cap and clip to normally prevent said clip from becoming detached from said'cap.

4. The combination, with a cap having a slot extending longitudinally of the side thereof, of a cli adapted at one end to engage the outer s1de of said cap, the opposite end of said clip being arranged to substan- 3. The combination, with a cap havin a tially fit said slot, and a spring fast to said clip adapted t engage the interior of said cap and pivota ly mamtain said clip in operative engagement with said cap and also adapted to cooperate with said cap and clip i to normally prevent said clip from becoming detached from said cap.

5. The combination, with a cap provided with a rectangular slot, of a clip formed of sheet metal adapted to engage the outer side of said cap, a rectangular portion formed v on said clip adapted to substantially fit said slot anda spring secured to the inner side of said rectangular portion and constructed and arranged to engage the interior of said cap and pivotally maintain said clip in operative engagement with said cap and also adapted to cooperate with said cap and clip to normally prevent said clip from becoming detached from said cap. 1 J 6. The combination, with a cap or the like having a slot, of a clip formed of sheet metal adapted at one end to engage said cap, the

prevent said clip from becoming detached from said. cap. t

7. The combination, with a cap or the like having a slot, of a 'clip formed: of sheet metal adapted at one end to engage said cap, the opposite end of said clip being adapted to fit said slot, a spring adapted to maintain said clip lying within said slot adapted to secure said spring to said clip, said spring also cooperating with said cap and clip to normally prevent said clip from becoming detached from said cap.

In testimony whereof we ha e hereunto said clip in pivotal engagement with said setour hands in presence of two subscribing cap and means formed upon the portion of witnesses.

DAVID J. LA FRANCE. WILLIAM 1 DE WITT.

Witnesses:

FRANKLIN E. Low, SYDNEY E. TAFT. 

